And, while getting past the Group stage is certainly tough from here, it's not impossible for the Socceroos. Here's some of the reasons why.

1 - Australia have played their highest-ranked opponentYes, we're done with France and took it right up to Les Bleus, with Didier Deschamp's side needing a late goal to win. Far from the walk in the park that many bookies were predicting, the Socceroos looked organised and ready for the fight as the experienced van Marwijk took the coaching honours despite the loss.

2 - A group-stage loss isn't the end of the CupThere have been plenty of sides who have recovered from losing in the first round before going on to have big tournaments. Just look at France in 2006 (finalist) and Spain in 2010 (winner). Australia doesn't have the quality of these two sides but we did have a loss in 2006 to Brazil and still made it past the group stage through that torturous draw with Croatia. Even in 2010, when Australia went 2-0 up against Serbia in the final group clash in South Africa, we were suddenly a slim chance of going through.

3 - Denmark weren't overly impressiveAustralia's next opponent may have beaten Peru 1-0 in Samara but were probably the second-best side on the day. The Peruvians should have led after Yussuf Poulsen fouled Christian Cueva, with VAR coming into action again to determine a penalty. However, when Cueva missed his set shot, the Danes ended up scoring one of their own as Poulsen turned hero with a 59th-minute goal. From then on the Danes had to fight grimly as Peru attacked heavily but they just held on. Surely, Australia's attacking talents would have better luck against the Danes, given this was only Denmark's second clean sheet in their last 12 World Cup matches. (We'll conveniently forget that Kasper Schmeichel hasn't conceded a goal in the last 534 international minutes.)

4 - Denmark didn't pose a huge attacking threat to Peru The Europeans only had their first shot in the 27th minute and their first shot on target didn't come until six minutes before half-time.

I’ve been waiting this whole game (Peru v. Denmark) to hear this announcer call a goal.

5 - Peru is struggling to take their chancesAustralia's last group-stage opponent Peru were arguably the better side against Denmark but simply couldn't take their chances. The Peruvians had 17 attempts at goal in Saransk which is most by any team without scoring in Russia so far.

6 - Timmy TimeCometh the hour, cometh super Tim. Timmy Cahill wants to do a Pele and score in four separate World Cups. He has the mentality to do it as well and scoring a group-stage winner against Denmark or Peru would certainly tick all the boxes for Australia's greatest Socceroo.

And, the best part is, if Australia makes it through, you might also earn a big collect. Check out some of the odds currently on offer for Group C.